A charming introduction to first dictionary skills, to help every child understand how to use dictionaries to find the words they need, and enrich their language. The animated video shows sample dictionary pages, explains how to locate words in the ...dictionary, and thoroughly explains parts of definitions, including parts of speech and multiple dictionaries. (07:05)[more]

This video teaches students how to use a dictionary. Content was designed for 3rd-5th grades. The media teacher shares a powerpoint describing how to use a dictionary. A well done video is shown from Discovery Education that shows how students can us...e dictionary to find out about new words. PowerPoint comes from www.pppst.com Video Segment comes from: Tapestry. (2006). Mummies in the Dictionary. This is a great resource to teach reference skills to students for teachers and librarians. (10:20)[more]

"Where Do We Find Answers?" Elementary Reference Lesson - This is a PowerPoint created to teach elementary students that it's not always important to know the answers but where to find the answers. This introductory lesson suggests that students use ...the library, the internet, the phone book, a dictionary, the encyclopedia, an atlas, an almanac, an index, and asking an expert to find answers. This is a great resource to help teach reference skills. (01:36)[more]

This selection contains a parody of Selena Gomez's " Naturally" about the dictionary, atlas, thesaurus, non-fiction books, and textbooks. This video could be used to review the features of each type of text. (03:03)

In this video, students will learn how to use an encyclopedia. At the beginning, the teacher outlines and defines the components of an encyclopedia. Then a Discovery of Education short clip is showed that gives great examples for kids. This is a grea...t resource to teach reference skills. (08:04)[more]

This video shows participants from the Dictionary Project in Kansas City performing a rap song about the importance of dictionaries. Teachers could use this video to introduce a lesson on dictionaries. (02:00)

Dictionaries are used for providing definitions, pronunciations
and parts of speech, in addition to other information. In this clip learn to use a dictionary with a demonstration using a dictionary to find words. (01:58)

This song is from the record "What's the Good Word." The video/picture does not change. Song starts with a person explaining how the dictionary began then proceeds into song and explains what a dictionary is, what it contains, and why you use it. T...he Video would be more interesting if the image changed, but the quality of the song is good. This is good for early elementary students. This is vintage 1960s. (02:36)[more]

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